One chef I worked under, would say: “More speed, less haste.” That kinda comes off the back of: “Slow is smooth; smooth is fast.” My favorite though still is: “Work smart, not hard.” (Although if you do both, you’ll really get stuff done! 😁
We've had good luck with value added products. Our focus is taking products we grow but aren't able to sell and finding a new way to package and sell them. Best example is our tomato basil soup which takes all the tomatoes that are a little too ripe to sell and turns them into soup for people to buy. We follow the rules and have to buy the containers but it takes an item that would go to the chickens and makes us money. Also, quick word on the honor system stand. We've built a successful on farm honor system stand that is now our only avenue for sales. It has been great and has gotten us back a ton of time and work! You are right there are right and wrong ways to do it, for us it has been a life changer.
Limiting your workday is partly about developing efficient systems, like you observed, but it's also about not taking on too much. Farmers are natural do-ers, so it is easy to get carried away with projects on yop of projects. If you limit yourself on time, it becomes a lot easier to say "no", because you are more aware of how limited you are.
This is awesome. Im in food service, and i have a small home garden, and family still must come first. Food aervice is hard and we pour everything we have into it,, but even as a GM, we are still replaceable in a heart beat. That said, I love when i see a no till video and I hear Hey Nerds! Im a total super nerd, too, sonI always stick to those nuts and bolts ypu share even if I dont wholly understand in the moment. Youre awesome!
You mentioning the hurricane and the northern lights in the same sentence and tide them so eloquently made me want to hang out with you so much. Your father saying ask a busy person...I think it mean that busy people are smarter in general but hey maybe a lot of not busy people are smart to.....I definitely think you are smart and really busy🤷🏻♂️❤️❤️
I think Stijn might also have been referring to things like pea tendrils, or garlic scapes that are secondary, but profitable, to the main crop. A good topic might be these secondary products that are in need.
Thanks for the shout out! To answer your question, I don't think anyone's ever called me Brandon Frost. However, I get all the variations on the first name: Brendan, Brennan, Brannon, Braden, and so on. Whatever. Call me whatever you want, just don't call me late for dinner, as they say. I think they say that...
My wife and I are really appreciative of these daily videos and the channel as whole. We bought your book (from your site) a few months back and she has been reading through it. Sounds like a book that we'll be referencing for years to come. Once our finances improve, we'll happily support your channel. The quotes from the last two videos really resonate with me. As an artist, I find a lot of truth in those words! Thank you for all that you do!
Aww... Farmer Jeffe, our fourth-born totally gets this. His name is Alden. He was born when Aiden was the #1 name for boys, but we didn't know this. He now answers to Aiden since no one gets it right.
Ooh. That time boxing tip STINGS! I LOATHE time limits because I'm a project-oriented finisher, not a grinder. I hate the feeling that I HAVE to get a thing done by a certain time. I guess it's trauma from a life in software development (when there's asshat higher management). It's also given me a very painful appreciation for just how much we all are dreadful at estimating how long things take (even when we take that into account). I absolutely acknowledge that you're right, and I do apply the idea strictly to my development job. I just hate the feeling for the garden, house repairs, vehicle repairs etc. Sigh. Btw - you'd be awesome at requirements gathering and analysis judging by your chef story.
The onion thing holds true for many mistake market gardeners and backyarders make. Many of the ' rules ' people try to follow are things for big Ag. We constrain ourselves unnecessarily. As for the quote at the end, i think it was just a pen name for someone who wanted to sell merch. The quote is just a play on Jung's " the cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek" which is mentioned in every college psych 101 class. Trying to find your author as a real person would be liie trying to find one of stephan kings pen names
I'd like to see someone who uses small animals to dispose of/generate revenue from green waste from their small farm. The greens going into Charles Dowding's compost bin each day could feed several rabbits, fewer rats and be available as fertilizer the next day.(recognizing food safety restrictions, of course.)
I appreciate the advice in setting a firm time and the benefits. I'm not a morning person, so I usually start around 9am. What would be reasonable time to end then? 5,6 pm? I understand you end your day at 4, but don't you also get up super early? Thanks for all the new content Jesse, time to load up and tune in. :)
You can age garlic. Aged or Black garlic. It tastes great and 5 times the health benefit of regular garlic. Asians have machines that are about the size of rice cookers that age garlic after 8 days.
Hey Jesse, future mini-maybe market-definitely hobby-farmer here. Love your content, and want to support. You always say to hit the website for the book but I found it on Amazon. I’ve got a large cart of books and just wanted to add it in. Question is, does it still provide the same support or is it better to grab directly from the no till website? Picking it up either way! Thanks!
Hey! Probably a stupid question: I have a well on my properly and a relatively strong pump. I want to only water my greenhouses for like 15 minutes each day and be done with it to save energy cost. Is there an efficient solution for this? Right now I use pearl tube but I suspect the durability is very low and the thing will likely only last 1-3 seasons. I have seen you mention drip tape from Toro in one of the recent videos but I am not sure they are designed for short "bursts" of watering. Also, they do not seem to tolerate even a fifth of the pressure my pump generates. Thanks in advance!
Would love an episode on farm stores! We have one set up, but just open one day a week for 4 hours. Trying to decide the best way going forward, maybe honor system. Would love to hear some insight!
Several of the ones around us are on the honor system with Venmo link posted, but down a driveway off the road. One on the road with a cash box got hit, the other on the road with a cash box has not been bothered (box is Fort Knox). I don't know if people steal food, but the stands on the road are 24hr, the ones on longer driveways are 8-8 seven days a week.
First season on 1/3 acre +tunnel, really getting started next Feb. When did you find you first hit a rhythm/predictable work schedule? Right now I just have an amorphous blob of to-dos.
Hmm, about the Jesse/Jeffe thing, I wonder if that has anything to do with the way phones compress audio. F and S are similar sounds, with S being louder in higher frequencies. If the phone connection rolled off the upper frequencies to save bandwidth, the sibilance may have been decreased greatly or even eliminated. Add in background noise from the restaurant and your side of the connection, and I could see how Jesse could be heard as Jeffe.
I work until 4.30. 5 pm latest. I worked frontline in the ambulance service so am adamant I stop at a reasonable time so I can have a life outside of farming
Lol the only video I find from this date is litearlly a video about the quote not by or about Dipen Parmar. There are like a dozen of these and none of them (that I've seen) explain who this person is.
"Thanks for the podcast, Farmer Jeffe." - Dipen Parmar, 2024
One chef I worked under, would say: “More speed, less haste.”
That kinda comes off the back of: “Slow is smooth; smooth is fast.”
My favorite though still is: “Work smart, not hard.” (Although if you do both, you’ll really get stuff done! 😁
Really off subject? Teaching my daughter to tie goats. It was a bit of an issue and her learning that smooth was fast and won!
@@aileensmith3062 Tying goats is always on topic 😁 It's so off, I bet you can use it as a metaphor for anything.
We've had good luck with value added products. Our focus is taking products we grow but aren't able to sell and finding a new way to package and sell them. Best example is our tomato basil soup which takes all the tomatoes that are a little too ripe to sell and turns them into soup for people to buy. We follow the rules and have to buy the containers but it takes an item that would go to the chickens and makes us money. Also, quick word on the honor system stand. We've built a successful on farm honor system stand that is now our only avenue for sales. It has been great and has gotten us back a ton of time and work! You are right there are right and wrong ways to do it, for us it has been a life changer.
You can sell soup at your farm stand??
@@nikkireigns Yes we can! It is frozen in quart containers and we follow all the rules given by our state. We also sell canned pickles, salsa and jam.
Limiting your workday is partly about developing efficient systems, like you observed, but it's also about not taking on too much. Farmers are natural do-ers, so it is easy to get carried away with projects on yop of projects.
If you limit yourself on time, it becomes a lot easier to say "no", because you are more aware of how limited you are.
This is awesome. Im in food service, and i have a small home garden, and family still must come first. Food aervice is hard and we pour everything we have into it,, but even as a GM, we are still replaceable in a heart beat. That said, I love when i see a no till video and I hear Hey Nerds! Im a total super nerd, too, sonI always stick to those nuts and bolts ypu share even if I dont wholly understand in the moment. Youre awesome!
You mentioning the hurricane and the northern lights in the same sentence and tide them so eloquently made me want to hang out with you so much. Your father saying ask a busy person...I think it mean that busy people are smarter in general but hey maybe a lot of not busy people are smart to.....I definitely think you are smart and really busy🤷🏻♂️❤️❤️
That quote sounds similar to Jung's quote “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek”.
These podcast are gold. Your doing the farmers a service ❤❤❤ thank you
I think Stijn might also have been referring to things like pea tendrils, or garlic scapes that are secondary, but profitable, to the main crop. A good topic might be these secondary products that are in need.
Thanks for the shout out! To answer your question, I don't think anyone's ever called me Brandon Frost. However, I get all the variations on the first name: Brendan, Brennan, Brannon, Braden, and so on. Whatever. Call me whatever you want, just don't call me late for dinner, as they say. I think they say that...
Great episode, Jesse. Loved the thoughts on how we design our days, and keeping the right priorities with our family life/relationships.
Wow what a wildly different and varied career behind Farmer Jesse. Love your work. Thank you
You do have the best voice so calming
This is spot on. Thank you bro. Solid video
Your doing a great job. Have enjoyed every video and loving the new podcast. Always great advice and info, as well as random comedy 😂🤙
I'm really digging your podcasts! Thank you for taking the time to share wisdom with us.
I can tell you put a lot of thought and effort into this video. It really paid off-well done!💙
My wife and I are really appreciative of these daily videos and the channel as whole.
We bought your book (from your site) a few months back and she has been reading through it. Sounds like a book that we'll be referencing for years to come.
Once our finances improve, we'll happily support your channel.
The quotes from the last two videos really resonate with me. As an artist, I find a lot of truth in those words!
Thank you for all that you do!
As always a great perspective on many things, Thank You!
Great video! Thanks keep going
Aww... Farmer Jeffe, our fourth-born totally gets this. His name is Alden. He was born when Aiden was the #1 name for boys, but we didn't know this. He now answers to Aiden since no one gets it right.
OH no! ✊🏻
Such a great channel. Thank you for doing this!
I love ALL No-Till Growers videos!
I keep getting left with awesome life advice. Im just going to call it farmer Jesse's commandments.
Thanks!
(Insert Intro/ transition music here)
Kudos to that artist his jingle lives rent free in my head
I am taking that last 30 seconds n running with it. Farmer Jefe it is!
Good job, thanks 😊
lol I love the Dipen Parmar explanation and research
Ooh. That time boxing tip STINGS! I LOATHE time limits because I'm a project-oriented finisher, not a grinder. I hate the feeling that I HAVE to get a thing done by a certain time. I guess it's trauma from a life in software development (when there's asshat higher management). It's also given me a very painful appreciation for just how much we all are dreadful at estimating how long things take (even when we take that into account).
I absolutely acknowledge that you're right, and I do apply the idea strictly to my development job. I just hate the feeling for the garden, house repairs, vehicle repairs etc. Sigh.
Btw - you'd be awesome at requirements gathering and analysis judging by your chef story.
The onion thing holds true for many mistake market gardeners and backyarders make. Many of the ' rules ' people try to follow are things for big Ag. We constrain ourselves unnecessarily.
As for the quote at the end, i think it was just a pen name for someone who wanted to sell merch. The quote is just a play on Jung's " the cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek" which is mentioned in every college psych 101 class. Trying to find your author as a real person would be liie trying to find one of stephan kings pen names
I'd like to see someone who uses small animals to dispose of/generate revenue from green waste from their small farm. The greens going into Charles Dowding's compost bin each day could feed several rabbits, fewer rats and be available as fertilizer the next day.(recognizing food safety restrictions, of course.)
I appreciate the advice in setting a firm time and the benefits.
I'm not a morning person, so I usually start around 9am.
What would be reasonable time to end then? 5,6 pm?
I understand you end your day at 4, but don't you also get up super early? Thanks for all the new content Jesse, time to load up and tune in. :)
Absolutely whatever makes sense for you! I'm an early bird, but I know farmers who start later and end later.
You can age garlic. Aged or Black garlic. It tastes great and 5 times the health benefit of regular garlic. Asians have machines that are about the size of rice cookers that age garlic after 8 days.
Thank you! I love that you said there are no stupid questions.
Just stupid people =)
Hey Jesse, future mini-maybe market-definitely hobby-farmer here. Love your content, and want to support. You always say to hit the website for the book but I found it on Amazon. I’ve got a large cart of books and just wanted to add it in. Question is, does it still provide the same support or is it better to grab directly from the no till website? Picking it up either way! Thanks!
Great Dipen Parmar story and-is the magic in the work we are avoiding, Jesse?
Potatoes Anna going on here in our home tonight. And, were getting Northern Lights! Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. But, I'm not Dipen Palmer.
🙌 Good day, sir.
Hey!
Probably a stupid question: I have a well on my properly and a relatively strong pump.
I want to only water my greenhouses for like 15 minutes each day and be done with it to save energy cost.
Is there an efficient solution for this? Right now I use pearl tube but I suspect the durability is very low and the thing will likely only last 1-3 seasons.
I have seen you mention drip tape from Toro in one of the recent videos but I am not sure they are designed for short "bursts" of watering.
Also, they do not seem to tolerate even a fifth of the pressure my pump generates.
Thanks in advance!
I’ve been following you for awhile. Your content is one of the things I find joy in watching on the internet
Maybe Dipen Parmar is like Captain Tuttle from that one episode of M.A.S.H.
Question how many benefits can you name that differentiate local produce from grocery store produce?
Good topic!
Would love an episode on farm stores! We have one set up, but just open one day a week for 4 hours. Trying to decide the best way going forward, maybe honor system. Would love to hear some insight!
Several of the ones around us are on the honor system with Venmo link posted, but down a driveway off the road. One on the road with a cash box got hit, the other on the road with a cash box has not been bothered (box is Fort Knox). I don't know if people steal food, but the stands on the road are 24hr, the ones on longer driveways are 8-8 seven days a week.
@@lauramonahan9343open 8-8 sounds better than 24h. Lots of traffic here and would be on a road. I wonder what kind of Fort Knox Box they are using!
Oh me too. Would love more information.
First season on 1/3 acre +tunnel, really getting started next Feb. When did you find you first hit a rhythm/predictable work schedule?
Right now I just have an amorphous blob of to-dos.
Give it a few years! Won't find that in the first 1-3 years probably
" who is John Galt" comes to mind
Hmm, about the Jesse/Jeffe thing, I wonder if that has anything to do with the way phones compress audio. F and S are similar sounds, with S being louder in higher frequencies. If the phone connection rolled off the upper frequencies to save bandwidth, the sibilance may have been decreased greatly or even eliminated. Add in background noise from the restaurant and your side of the connection, and I could see how Jesse could be heard as Jeffe.
🤷
I get Jeffy all the time. Glad it’s not just me
I work until 4.30. 5 pm latest. I worked frontline in the ambulance service so am adamant I stop at a reasonable time so I can have a life outside of farming
Did anyone around the age of 19 NOT read Kitchen Confidential and immediately find a kitchen job? Former bartender here 😂
I smell an internet mystery
Never had the "Jeffe" issue; I have to spell my name because everyone wants to put an "i" in it. It's not Jessie, it's Jesse!
Dipen Parmar in Dec 6 2023 youtub video
Lol the only video I find from this date is litearlly a video about the quote not by or about Dipen Parmar. There are like a dozen of these and none of them (that I've seen) explain who this person is.
Thanks!
Amazing, thank you!